{"id":4531,"date":"2008-09-09T02:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2008-09-09T02:34:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T02:34:00","slug":"cruise-weekly-comment-kimberley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/09\/cruise-weekly-comment-kimberley\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Weekly Comment: Kimberley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruiseweekly.com.au\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/cruiseweekly.com.au\/App_Themes\/cruiseweekly\/images\/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/cruiseweekly.com.au\/\">Cruise Weekly<\/a> \u2013 Comment by Roderick Eime<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travmedia.com\/images\/db\/140499.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/travmedia.com\/images\/db\/140499.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m almost embarrassed to say it has taken me this long to get to the Kimberley.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the demand for Australia&#8217;s premier adventure cruise destination that passengers are having to book many months, sometimes years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just spent six days aboard the multi-award-winning, True North, an acknowledged Kimberley expert. We&#8217;re all aware of the other acclaimed itineraries by Orion, Coral Princess and Kimberley Quest, but with twenty-plus years of intimate experience, knowledge of the uncharted river systems, off-the-radar rock art sites and an onboard helicopter, the North Star Cruises product is hard to beat.<\/p>\n<p>I wish they wouldn&#8217;t use the term ?finest of fine dining?, because bare feet and t-shirts sort of precludes that experience. The food, however, is beyond reproach. Ex-Cable Beach Club chef, Ian ?Irish? Prendergast received a standing ovation on the last day as a fitting tribute to his efforts. The wine list, with many beautiful Margaret River vintages, will please finicky tipplers too.<\/p>\n<p>Days were jam-packed with activities including fishing, light trekking, freshwater swimming in gorgeous hidden spring-fed water holes, usually with a sublime waterfall under which to rinse off and, of course, the breathtaking helicopter flight-seeing.<\/p>\n<p>Premium cabins are equivalent to better 4-star hotel rooms and everything is meticulously maintained by an all-Australian crew. Just three years old, it still feels brand new.<\/p>\n<p>I just had time to chat to luxury doyenne, Claudia Rossi-Hudson, as she embarked for the next six night instalment. We may be seeing much more of North Star Cruises.<\/p>\n<p>Web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northstarcruises.com.au\/\">www.northstarcruises.com.au<\/a> Ph: 08 9192 1829<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruise Weekly \u2013 Comment by Roderick Eime I&#8217;m almost embarrassed to say it has taken me this long to get to the Kimberley. Such is the demand for Australia&#8217;s premier adventure cruise destination that passengers are having to book many months, sometimes years ahead. I&#8217;ve just spent six days aboard the multi-award-winning, True North, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[324],"class_list":["post-4531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cruise-weekly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}